Lava Warrior Seeking a Warrior's Death
The scene shows a volcano with smoke coming out though doesn't appear to be active at the moment and zoom inside showing what appears to be the bottom of the volcano, then there is a large black rock at the center and two red eyes appeared.
"One, no, two warriors are coming."
(With Jack and Group)
Jack and the Best Friend Squad along with Netossa who decided to come along on a mission because she felt bored at her castle as they are walking together through a grassy field with some puddles.
"Okay, the area should be close by." Bow said as he looks at the map on his tablet.
"Yeah, could you run by me of what exactly are we looking for because I feel like we may not be looking for a Horde camp base." Jack said.
"Well, there has been rumors going on about warriors adventuring off into one place and never came back." Glimmer started the brief of the mission.
"And most of those who knew the warriors would go to the same place, which is a volcano, there were even a few warriors from the Rebellion that have gone there." Bow added.
"Huh, so you guys think there might be Horde involve with this?" Adora asked.
"Possibly, the Horde has been trying to silence us for years." Glimmer pointed out.
"I don't know, this doesn't sound like the Horde, at least not that I know of." Adora said.
"Perhaps it's another force at work luring warriors from different lands and bringing them to destroy them altogether." Jack guessed.
"Whatever the case is, I'm sure we can give the bastard a lesson he won't forget." Netossa pounded her fist into her hand.
"That is if we get to the place by now." Glimmer whined a bit.
"Well, sorry that I want to be extra careful since we'll be going to a volcano and don't want us to die from lava." Bow pointed at his big backpack.
"I'm sure your cautious is much grateful." Jack smiled.
"Thank you, at least something thinks being prepare is important." Bow smirked as Glimmer roll her eyes.
"Okay, we should be getting close." Bow looked back at his map.
"Come." A voice said in Jack's head.
"Huh?" Jack stopped looking around.
"You okay, Jack? You look like you just got spook by a ghost." Netossa asked.
"I thought I heard a voice just now." Jack said.
"Really? I don't hear anything." Glimmer said.
"Come." A voice said in Adora's head this time.
"Who's there!" Adora jumped bringing her sword out.
"Whoa, Adora, now you looked spook." Bow surprised.
"Sorry, I just I heard this voice in head telling to…" Adora paused not entirely sure what to make of it.
"To come." Jack finished her sentence.
"Y-Yeah, exactly." Adora said.
"Are you two really starting to freak me out now." Bow gulped.
"Easy Bow, these two have probably just work too much." Glimmer assured.
"Come to me." The voice spoke again, this time everyone heard it.
"Or maybe there is a mysterious voice that is trying to scare us." Glimmer said shaking a little in fear.
"And it's working." Bow exclaimed as he quickly hugs Glimmer.
"Hey, voice dude! You better show yourself because this is one princess you don't want to piss off." Netossa called out.
They waited for several seconds, but nothing happens, and nobody came as there is really no one around in the area or even close to them.
"Who are you? Please show yourself." Jack asked with his hand onto the hilt of his sword.
"Come to me." The voice said.
"You better not mess with us, I am She-Ra, Princess of Power!" Adora stated looking around.
"Come to me." The voice repeated the words.
"Oh, you know what, we would like to come except we have no idea where." Bow tried to reason with the scary voice.
"Come to me." The voice said the words again.
Jack and Adora suddenly felt something like an instinct telling them to follow the voice as they at the same direction and felt a strong pull toward to probably where the voice is calling to them from and they start running towards that direction.
"Hey, where are you two!" Glimmer asked shouting.
"Toward the voice." Jack and Adora said at the same time.
"Wait, don't go! You'll get spirited away!" Bow shouted random spooky stuff.
"Oh, I do not want to miss this." Netossa excited as everyone started running after Jack and Adora.
Everyone kept running as Jack and Adora are ahead of the group as they left the grassy field and onto and scoring field as if the land itself has been burned, and they stop from the other sight than the landscape.
"By the First Ones…" Netossa shocked.
"What is all this?" Adora asked.
The reason for the gasping and nervous shock is because the entire area is also fill with broken weapons of swords, spears, maces, some daggers, and there are even few pieces from armor like some helmets and other sets laying on the ground. All broken down and damage from some battle that happened years ago, probably older than any of the group before they were born as they can tell a lot of life were lost.
"Has this always been here?" Adora asked.
"I don't know, I didn't think there would be a scary place like this." Glimmer said shook her head.
"It's like a giant graveyard of warriors." Bow commented.
"Guys, it looks like the Hordes were here too." Jack informed as he pointed at a damage armor of a Horde solider.
"It looks like they were trying to find whatever is here to use for their advantage, but that didn't work out for them." Netossa stated.
"Well, at least this thing doesn't like the Horde like we do." Glimmer said.
"Come to me, warriors." The voice said again in their heads.
"Oh great, now I'm feeling more scared." Bow exclaimed.
"And it's coming from there." Jack pointed at a volcano.
"Think that's the volcano the rumors said where the warriors come and never came back?" Netossa asked.
"It's the only volcano we're seeing right now. So, I say it is." Glimmer shrugged.
"Hey, here's an idea. How about we just turn around, go back to Bright Moon, and just report there was nothing out here while pretending we didn't see anything. How about it?" Bow suggested as he wants to run away from this place.
However, no one seems to listen as they were already running toward the volcano leaving him behind as he looks around at the warrior graveyard with his legs shaking in fear and sweats forming a little.
"WAIT FOR ME?!" Bow screamed and running after the others.
The Alliance arrive at the foot of the volcano looking around to see if there is an entrance that would lead them whoever voice it was that has been calling out to them.
"Okay, so how exactly are we supposed to find this voice?" Bow asked feeling a little exhausted.
"I'm not sure, but I feel like we'll find that voice inside the volcano." Adora mentioned.
"Inside the volcano? Won't there be lava and what else? Oh yeah, more lava!" Glimmer pointed out.
"I know it sounds crazy, but that voice won't leave us alone until we come to him." Jack stated.
"Well, if that's the case then let's start looking for a way in there." Netossa said.
"Do not worry, it's really not that far." A woman said, standing on a ledge above them.
"Who are you?" Jack asked.
The woman appears to be young wearing a full black bodysuit and a white demon mask.
"Who I am is not important right now. What is important is that you go into the volcano to face the Lava Monster." The white mask woman said.
"Lava monster, okay. Now I really think we should go." Bow begged.
"What do you know of this monster?" Adora asked.
"All you need to know is that only the bravest and strongest warriors of heart could defeat the monster. And I believe you and She-Ra may put the beast to rest." The white mask woman stated before vanishing, revealing a tunnel.
"So, are we supposed to take words from a mysterious stranger we just met?" Netossa asked.
"I'm not sure, it sounds like she could just be leading us to a trap." Glimmer shrugged.
"No, she is not going to harm us. If she wanted us dead, she wouldn't have shown herself like that, telling us about this lava monster and left." Jack pointed out.
"Yeah, I think he's right." Adora agreed.
"Great, just great we're going into a volcano to battle a monster. Fun." Bow exclaimed.
(Montage of Deadly Traps Later)
"Please tell me this doesn't have any traps." Glimmer panted.
"Yeah, I'm with the moon princess on this one. Not sure if I can handle anymore." Netossa said feeling a little tired.
"I don't think you have too anymore." Jack said.
Everyone looks around seeing they seem to have arrive at the bottom of the volcano with lava around as to be expected, and there is a large rocky platform right in the middle of it.
Suddenly, the edge where Adora and Jack are standing together broke off from the others and are drifting to that platform.
"Oh no, the volcano is going to eat them!" Bow panicked.
"Adora! Jack!" Are you two okay?" Glimmer called out.
"Yeah, I think we'll be fine." Adora responded.
Jack and Adora arrive at the platform, seeing no other choice as they walk onto the small field and look around not seeing anything dangerous or any sign of the man who has been calling out to them.
"Well, we're here! Now what is it you want from us?" Jack asked.
Then the ground under their feet started to shake for a moment until a giant black rock emerges reveal itself to be some kind of rock monster almost in the shape of a man.
"Jack, I think that's the lava monster that woman told us about." Adora surprised.
"Definitely it." Jack nodded.
"Now, let us begin." The Lava Monster raised its mace and slams it down as Jack and Adora dodge it.
"Wait, what exactly do you want from us?" Jack asked.
"To fight as it's the life of a warrior, to fight end until his end." The Lava Monster answered.
The Lava Monster comes at Jack to attack him again with a swing from below, but the young modern samurai jumps over it and slashes at the side making the monster scream in pain.
"Yes, yes, this is what I longed for. The fight to the death I have been seeking when all others failed." The Lava Monster grinned.
"But why? Do you enjoy ending others' life just to amuse yourself?" Adora asked as she dodge another strike.
"No, for it's to end my own life." The Lava Monster said.
"To end his own life? I think there's more to this Lava Monster than we thought." Bow stated as he, Glimmer, and Netossa came closer.
"Lava Monster, I sense in your words that you are not what you appear to be. I won't fight you unless I know the true reason behind your thirst for battle." Jack stated.
"Are you sure, Jack because this guy doesn't look like he's in the mood to talk." Adora said.
"Fear not, if I reveal my tale to get one of your warriors to fight me serious then so be it." The Lava Monster hold out his hand and summon a stone with writing on it.
"This here is a record of my past; of the man I once was before being cursed in stone." The Lava Monster revealed.
Glimmer teleported herself with Bow and Netossa onto platform to hear the story closer.
"Thousands of years ago, I was just a man who had a loving family and lived a peaceful life with my fellow warriors until one day a black wizard came to our home bringing destruction in his path. Our army fought with all our might, but the wizard's magic was too strong and easily defeated most of us leaving only me to fight and I was ready to fight until the very last breath which should have been my last battle." The Lava Monster paused for a moment remembering that day.
"However, the black wizard decided to cast a powerful curse on me. A curse that would not let me have the warrior's death, trapped inside a crystal that is unbreakable while watching my home be destroy, but I would not join my comrades in Heaven. Then he threw me into a volcano where I would be trap before for eternity, but throughout the centuries I have learn to control the earth around me and form the stone body you see before you." The Lava Monster gestured at his body.
"Those traps we went through, you set them up to see if any warriors who come here would be worthy to face you." Netossa realized.
"Yes, I seek battle so that I may fall and join those who have gone before me. I almost lost all hope for not finding the warrior until you came struck me with your sword, I instantly knew you would be the one to help break my curse along with the warrior She-Ra." Lava Monster looked at Adora.
"Did… Was there a She-Ra from back then?" Adora asked.
"Yes, but she lived in a faraway land, and I do not know if she ever encounters the black wizard." Lava Monster answered.
(Music: Samurai Jack Fight Theme)
"Well, I guess there is only one thing left to do." Jack unsheathed his sword pointing at the Lava Monster.
"To give this all I got." Jack determined to help free this man from the curse.
"For the Honor of Grayskull!" Adora transformed into She-Ra.
"You guys should stay back, this fight has to be us against him." Adora narrowed her eyes at the Lava Monster.
Glimmer wanted to protest, but Netossa place a hand on her shoulder with a shook telling her not to question them. She teleported themselves back where they were as the battle is about to start.
"Yes, now we fight!" Lava Monster charged.
She-Ra move ahead of Jack taking the attack with her move and only being pushed back by three feet as the latter jumps over her and over to slash at the face, but the Lava Monster moves out of the way thinking he dodge that until a small cut appeared on the nose.
Adora grabbed the spiky mace with one hand and with all her might punch it into little pieces and jumps to slash at the chest making the Lava Monster scream in pain as he stumbles back.
"Yes, the battle every warrior seeks, show me more of your strength!" Lava Monster shouted, slamming his hand on the ground and summon a giant pink sword.
"Okay, didn't see that coming." Adora surprised.
"But that won't frighten us!" Jack charged with Adora following him.
Both young warriors jump and slashes at the Lava Monster attacking him from every angle though surprisingly, this rocky monster reacts a little faster than his heavy size as he blocks and dodge their attacks. He swings down his sword at She-Ra who blocks it with her sword and cracks appear below her feet, then sees Jack coming at him full speed and thrust his sword only for Jack to jump and run over the sword doing a spinning attack on the arms and the center body.
But then Jack was attacked while still in the air, the Lava Monster slams the boy down with his sword and looks to be beaten.
"Jack!" Adora gasped as the others are shock, fearing for the worst.
"Raise, young warrior! Raise, I must be defeated honorable, I cannot light up!" The Lava Monster said.
Then Jack started to get up and pick up his sword, with his eyes burning hotter of determination.
"I'm just getting started." Jack said.
Adora smiles and focus back on the rock warrior, the two came running together and slashes at the Lava Monster as he blocks the combine attack with his sword but was still push back and she threw Jack after him. Jack triple slash on the shoulder and She-Ra comes in with a strong slash on the left side of the torso, the Lava Monster made one last attack to end the fight like any warrior would do.
And just as he hopes, Jack and Adora claim victory as they swing their swords together to parry the giant pink sword away and stab right through the chest.
(Music End)
"They did it!" Netossa cheered.
"At long last, I am free." Lava Monster smiled as the rocky body began to crack and lights emitting from within. Then the Lava Monster is now that of a man.
"I am free! The curse is lifted." The former Lava Monster smiled, and his body began to age rapidly.
"Whoa, he's so old now." Adora surprised.
"Because the curse prevented him from age, now he gotten the honorable warrior death he always wanted." Jack explained.
"Thank you, She-Ra and Jack. Now, I can be with my comrades and family, please hand me my sword." The warrior asked and Jack gave him his sword.
"It was an honor meeting the warriors of this era." The warrior said his last words before closing his eyes and finally died the way he wanted.
Jack decided to add one more detail on the warrior's stone story, putting the word "FREE" to tell anyone who comes here that the warrior was final free as the others smile knowing he would like that.
They leave the volcano heading back home and are being watch from afar by the woman with the white mask.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Jack and Adora fought a battle that for the first time wasn't involve with the Horde or anything evil as it was to help a warrior be free from a curse, granting him a warrior's death, and it looks like they have a mysterious ally too, probably.
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